New Zealand national badminton team

New Zealand
Association	Badminton New Zealand (BNZ)
Confederation	BO (Oceania)
President	Ian Willans
BWF ranking
Current ranking	49 1 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking	21 (3 October 2013)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances	11 (first in 1989)
Best result	Group stage
Thomas Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1970)
Best result	Group stage
Uber Cup
Appearances	6 (first in 1960)
Best result	Semi-finals (1960, 1972)
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
Appearances	11 (first in 1999)
Best result	Champions (2004, 2006, 2008)
Oceania Men's Team Championships
Appearances	8 (first in 2004)
Best result	Champions (2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2016)
Oceania Women's Team Championships
Appearances	8 (first in 2004)
Best result	Champions (2006, 2008)

The New Zealand national badminton team (Māori: Kapa badminton o Aotearoa) represents New Zealand in international badminton team competitions. The best result the national team has produced on the international stage was being the semifinalist at the Uber Cup in 1960 and 1972 respectively.

It is controlled by Badminton New Zealand, the governing body for badminton in New Zealand. In February 2018, Danish badminton player, Rikke Olsen Siegemund was assigned to be the coach of the national team.

Competitive record

Thomas Cup

Year	Result
1949	Did not enter
1952	Did not enter
1955	Did not qualify
1958
1961
1964
1967
1970	First round inter-zone
1973	First round inter-zone
1976	Did not qualify
1979
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994	Did not enter
1996	Did not qualify
1998	Did not qualify
2000	Did not enter
2002	Did not qualify
2004	Round of 16
2006	Round of 16
2008	Round of 16
2010	Did not qualify
2012	Group stage
2014	Did not enter
2016	Group stage
2018	Did not qualify
2020	Did not qualify
2022	Withdrew^[a]
2024	Did not qualify
2026	TBD
2028	TBD
2030	TBD

Uber Cup

Year	Result
1957	Did not qualify
1960	Second round inter-zone
1963	First round inter-zone
1966	Did not qualify
1969	Did not qualify
1972	Second round inter-zone
1975	Did not qualify
1978	First round inter-zone
1981	Did not qualify
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000	Did not enter
2002	Did not qualify
2004	Did not qualify
2006	Round of 16
2008	Round of 16
2010	Did not qualify
2012	Did not qualify
2014	Did not enter
2016	Did not qualify
2018
2020
2022	Did not enter
2024	Did not qualify
2026	TBD
2028	TBD
2030	TBD

Sudirman Cup

Year	Result
1989	Group 5 Promoted − 19th
1991	Group 4 − 17th
1993	Group 4 − 16th
1995	Group 4 − 16th
1997	Group 3 − 18th
1999	Did not enter
2001	Group 4 − 25th
2003	Did not enter
2005	Group 3 − 19th
2007	Group 3 − 21st
2009	Did not enter
2011	Did not enter
2013	Group 3 − 26th
2015	Did not enter
2017	Group 2 − 19th
2019	Group 3 − 26th
2021	Did not enter
2023	Did not qualify
2025	TBD
2027	TBD
2029	TBD

Commonwealth Games

Men's team

Year	Result
1998	Semi-finals

Women's team

Year	Result
1998	Quarter-finals

Mixed team

Year	Result
1978	Fourth place
1982	Fourth place
1986	Group stage
1990	Fourth place
1994	Group stage
2002	Semi-finals
2006	Fourth place
2010	Quarter-finals
2014	Group stage
2018	Did not enter
2022	Did not enter
2026	TBD

Oceania Team Championships

Men's team

Year	Result
2004	Champions
2006	Champions
2008	Champions
2010	Runners-up
2012	Champions
2016	Champions
2018	Runners-up
2024	Runners-up

Women's team

Year	Result
2004	Runners-up
2006	Champions
2008	Champions
2010	Runners-up
2012	Runners-up
2016	Runners-up
2018	Runners-up
2020	Runners-up
2024	Runners-up

Mixed team

Year	Result
1999	Runners-up
2002	Runners-up
2004	Champions
2006	Champions
2008	Champions
2010	Runners-up
2012	Runners-up
2014	Runners-up
2016	Runners-up
2019	Runners-up
2023	Runners-up

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Year	Result
2000	Group stage – 20th of 24
2002	Did not enter
2004	Did not enter
2006	Group Z2 – 23rd of 28
2007	Group W2 – 12th of 25
2008	Group Z – 15th of 21
2009	Group W – 16th of 21
2010	Did not enter
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2022
2023	Group G – 23rd of 38
2024	Group D – 20th of 39

Commonwealth Youth Games

Mixed team

Year	Result
2004	Group stage

Oceania Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year	Result
2011	Champions
2013	Runners-up
2015	Runners-up Third place (Team B)
2017	Champions
2019	Runners-up
2023	Runners-up

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
Name	DoB/Age	MS	MD	XD
Adam Jeffrey	(2001-01-04) 4 January 2001 (age 23)	-	257	189
Dylan Soedjasa	(1995-01-13) 13 January 1995 (age 29)	1828	257	740
Edward Lau	(2001-02-22) 22 February 2001 (age 23)	178	1072	200
Joshua Feng	(2001-09-07) 7 September 2001 (age 23)	709	-	-
Ricky Cheng	(2002-06-10) 10 June 2002 (age 22)	352	-	-
Jack Wang	(2003-03-30) 30 March 2003 (age 21)	-	395	556
Ryan Tong	(2001-01-22) 22 January 2001 (age 23)	-	395	-

Women's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
Name	DoB/Age	WS	WD	XD
Erena Calder-Hawkins	(1998-04-04) 4 April 1998 (age 26)	-	176	740
Sally Fu	(1999-08-04) 4 August 1999 (age 25)	-	357	740
Shaunna Li	(2003-08-07) 7 August 2003 (age 21)	204	-	200
Courtney Trillo	(1995-09-18) 18 September 1995 (age 29)	470	-	-
Anona Pak	(1993-11-29) 29 November 1993 (age 31)	–	176	382
Angie Leung	(1996-01-20) 20 January 1996 (age 28)	-	589	740
Alyssa Tagle	(1999-08-27) 27 August 1999 (age 25)	-	357	426
Justine Villegas	(1995-12-22) 22 December 1995 (age 28)	1243	589	189

Previous squads

Thomas Cup

2008, 2012, 2016

Notes

^ New Zealand withdrew from the tournament due to a significant number of their squad being unable to participate after testing positive for COVID-19. They were replaced by the United States as no other Oceanian member association was able to fulfil the continental quota place. Hong Kong and Spain, the next highest ranking member associations (overall), were also unable to participate.

References

[Withdrawal_of_New_Zealand_from_the_2022_Thomas_Cup-1] New Zealand withdrew from the tournament due to a significant number of their squad being unable to participate after testing positive for COVID-19. They were replaced by the United States as no other Oceanian member association was able to fulfil the continental quota place. Hong Kong and Spain, the next highest ranking member associations (overall), were also unable to participate.

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